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Shine Light Podcasts aims to tell stories of our lives, the music that has moved and shaped us and the connections that we share. Our first series is "Everyone has a Jeff Buckley Story". Come along as we hear how 90's musical phenom Jeff Buckley left an indelible mark upon us all. Produced, hosted and edited by Jeff Haley. Co-Produced by Konrad. Executive Producer- Chris via Biointegrity....
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Show notes: Matt discusses his 30 year theory of revival and says he was grateful to have been in studio to record the masterpiece “Grace”. Matt explains how the members of the band were thrown together (like a “stir fry”, despite not really knowing eachother at all). Also, he says that there was a white knuckling effect of taking musical risks whe…
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Part 1 of 2 A note to our listeners: This is an expanded version of this interview. The video version is available at: https://youtu.be/PkKqM9hVw3I Come back next week for an in depth interview about Jeff Buckley. For this season's final episode we have the great drummer himself: Matt Johnson. Matt played drums on Grace and toured with Jeff Buckley…
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Drummer Jeff Lipstein has been around the New York music scene for years and has developed some theories about why Jeff Buckley is so enduring. Listen in as we discuss Buckley's covers, his unique vocalizing style and emotional intensity of lyrics, which perhaps took a toll on him. Additionally, Jeff Lipstein goes into detail about Matt Johnson's u…
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Roxanne tells us about the very first time she heard Jeff Buckley on the car radio, the first time she saw him play live and later, when she moved to New York and actually played at Cafe Sin-E where Buckley made a name for himself. Interspersed are relationships and how Buckley was almost a shadowy figure thorough-out that time in her personal and …
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Host Jeff Haley has known Chris Garrigues since the 1990's. Their bands Doghouse and Twang Twang Shock A Boom played many of the same venues. In 1993 ( or maybe February 1994?) Doghouse performed at the Chicago House in support of Jeff Buckley. The evening transpired in a highly unusual way and Chris tells the story as a hilarious slacker/noir mono…
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I’m your host Jeff Haley and this is a special episode of Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story. Today we will be looking at Hallelujah, a Leonard Cohen composition, crafted by John Cale, and perfected by Jeff Buckley I asked some friends to tell me where they heard Hallelujah and what the song meant to them. And why it has become so famous Grammy nomi…
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Author Rose Smith tells host Jeff Haley about when she saw Jeff Buckley and his band at Liberty Lunch in Austin, Texas in 1995. Rose went with their mutual friend Lisa Hargus. Rose talks about a typical female response to Buckley's performance. Rose and Lisa saw Buckley backstage and Rose imagines what it would have been like if she had spoken with…
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Drummer JJ Johnson tells host Jeff Haley about the first time he heard Grace at friend Billy White's house. The album changed the way JJ looked at what rock music was capable of. JJ was at several Austin, Texas performances in 1994 and 1995 and talks about how he and many others were transfixed by Buckley and his band. Additionally, JJ discusses so…
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Episode 2 - Part 2 Jeff interviews Johnny Goudie on the 11th Anniversary of his masterful podcast “How Did I Get Here?” (recorded on 8/10/2022). Johnny has been a friend for years and has interviewed Twang Twang Shock A Boom frontman Davíd Garza on his podcast several times. Johnny, who was a young performer himself in 1995 saw Jeff Buckley at Towe…
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Episode 2 - Part 1 Jeff interviews Johnny Goudie on the 11th Anniversary of his masterful podcast “How Did I Get Here?” (recorded on 8/10/2022). Johnny has been a friend for years and has interviewed Twang Twang Shock A Boom frontman Davíd Garza on his podcast several times. Johnny, who was a young performer himself in 1995 saw Jeff Buckley at Towe…
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In our debut episode (1 of 8) Chris Searles tells the host, Jeff, about hearing an advance copy of Grace in 1994 and how it changed his perspective on music and playing the drums. Buckley took an amazing "set list" and attacked it with a muscular approach. Additionally Chris goes into why Matt Johnson's drumming is outstanding on Grace. Jeff tells …
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Here is a preview of our new podcast! Jeff starts us off by playing clips from these insightful guests: drummer JJ Johnson - author Rose Smith - songwriter Django Haskins - pianist/singer Rachel Eckroth - producer Chris Searles - musician/podcaster Johnny Goudie - guitarist/singer Chris Garrigues -- Please click SUBSCRIBE and share with your friend…
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